Hair curl clip



May 15, 1945. H, H MCD NALD Y 2,375,935

HAIR CURL CLIP Filed May 17, 1943 IN vzzv TO? 19221. H McD0/vnL0 I BY HTTORNEX Patented May 15, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to the dressing of womens hair, and has for its principal object means to facilitate the holding of small curls, particularly the so-called pin curls in place immediately after they are formed, and until they dry.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved clip for holding such curls, and also means for grouping a plurality of such clips to facilitate their application by the hairdresser to the curls upon the head of the patron.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description read in reference to the accompanying drawing:

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a greatly enlarged, perspective view showing a spring hair curl clip embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the clip of Fig. 1 as seen from the line 2-2 thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows in substantially full size a special group arrangement of the clips on a cord.

In further detail the clip is made of some springy or resilient material which can be a spring metal, but is preferably of tough springy plastic, Bakelite, Celluloid, or similar material, and is provided with at least four prongs or arms I and I joined together at their base by a hub 2. The prongs or arms are arranged in two pairs with the two pairs extending in parallel spaced rela tion from the hub 2, as at 3.

As the arms extend from the hub they curve outwardly to form a slight elongated space 4 to receive portion of the fiat curl, and outwardly beyond this opening the arm curve toward one another with a tight resilient clamping contact, and then curve outwardly again with the outer ends 5 in flaring relation and tapered somewhat smaller in size and with rounded points 6.

Where the arms clamp together it is preferable that the contacting arms be formed to produce a slight tongue and groove effect, such as by grooving the inner edge of one arm as at I and rounding the edge of the contacting arm as at 8 to seat slightly within the groove 1 as indicated in Figs, 1 and 2. All so that at least portion of the fiat hair curl will be gripped between these complementally formed clamping surfaces.

In applying the device. a strand of suitably prepared hair, sufficient to make the curl desired, is wound around a curl forming mandrel such as the end of a rat tail comb or a round stick into a flat ring form, and the prongs of the clip are forced over opposite sides of the ring of hair with the forming stick or other device extending transversely through the space or slot 3, and when the curl is in final position and firmly gripped from opposite sides by the prongs the forming stick is pulled out of the gripped curl transversely of the slot. When the curl is dry the clip is removed.

Since such fiat curls are formed in groups it greatly facilitates the work to have about a half dozen of the clips loose on a short string. This also prevents one or two of the clips falling off or getting accidentally brushed or knocked off. To best meet this requirement each of the clips has a hole 9 passing through its hub 2 and with the outer edges of the hole rounded as at IU so they will not cut the string I lwhich is passed through the hole as shown in Fig. 4. The clips are loose on the string so that they are free to be moved or turned as may be required for adjacent curls, and the string is long enough to permit the greatest spacing normally required. The string preferably has a small ferrule or ball stop device I2 firmly secured to opposite ends to prevent loss of the clips, the the string may extend around in the form of a loop as dotted at ll if desired, but the use of stops at the ends is preferable. The string may be of any flexible material or a flexible -fine woven wire cable, or even a fine chain, and any such equivalent means of connecting the clips by a flexible member is intended to be covered by my use of the word string in my appended claims.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of its use, what I claim is:

l. A hair curl clip comprising a hub member provided with two pairs of resilient curl gripping arms integrally connected at one end with said hub and extending in spaced relation from said hub, the arms of each pair being free at the outer ends and relatively spread apart at their free ends to receive the curl and normally in curl gripping relation for a relatively short area spaced inward from the spreading ends, and also spaced apart slightly at a point between the hub and the gripping portion. 7

2. A hair curl clip comprising a hub member provided with two pairs of resilient curl gripping arms integrally connected at one end with said hub and extendin in spaced relation from said hub, the arms of each pair being free at the outer ends and relatively spread apart at their free ends to receive the curl and normally in curl gripping relation at an area spaced inward from the spreading ends, the arms at the gripping portion being of tongue and groove form so that one edge of one arm seats into a recess formed in the other arm.

3. A hair curl clip comprising a hub member provided with two pairs of resilient curl gripping arms integrally connected at one end with said hub and extending in spaced relation from said hub, the arms of each pair being free at the outer ends and relatively spread apart at their free ends to receive the curl and normally in curl gripping relation inward from the spreading ends, and said hub member having a hole extending HARLEY H. MCDONALD. 

